I'm not sure how I missed this? I look at the pages all the time.
http://www.atlaso.com/otrucks.htm
are these out yet? Is it a product that's already out there? (first gear for example)
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Joe,
I bought the Schneider tank truck, a few years before Atlas announced them. They were made under the name “Sword Models” for a die-cast retailer, DHS Diecast in Ohio. TWH, who went out of business last year, may have made them for DHS. If that is true the future of these trucks are uncertain. They are still available from other die-cast sellers like EVOT-USA in MI & Die-cast Model Company in WI. But they cost around $150 but the level of detail makes them worth that price. I usually wait until the end of November to buy these die-cast models since the retailers offer good discounts for Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales. I paid less than $90 for my truck during one such sale.
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
Joe,
Here are some pictures of the Sword 1:50 Scale Freightliner truck.
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Very nice! Thank you.
Just bought another Sword 1:50 scale Schneider Freightliner 18-wheeler, this time with a flatbed trailer from the ongoing sale at DHS Diecast. I used some sections from my 1:50 scale Manitowoc Potain tower crane as the load. The truck comes with two sizes of rubber bands with end fittings that resemble the straps with ratchets, used to secure loads on real trucks. They are functional too & can be repositioned on rails under the side of the trailer. There are also few wound-up straps also in the package. Here are some photos.
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
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Thank you for sharing!
I was hoping that Atlas could produce their own tractor trailers at 1/48th scale for less than 1/2 that $150 price. Don't need all that super detail as they will sit a few feet from eyeballs in scenes with other things going on. I just want the appearence of vehicles in place where one can see something is happening. I also like to have runs of auto that aren't so special as sportcars, racecars, medical vehicles etc are the norm for scale production.
Phil,
These trucks are available for $80 each + shipping right now at the DHS Diecast website (http://www.dhsdiecast.com/Feat...-Items/products/114/). They usually have another similar sale around Thanksgiving with more selection.
$80 is almost ½ the MSRP that Atlas announced. You don’t have to add the smaller details that come with the package, if you are content with the looks without the mirrors, straps or chains.
I like Sword models since they import models of vehicles we see here in USA. Tekno, WSI, NZG & Conrad also make fine models but I don’t feel compelled to spend big bucks on vehicles I don’t see every day (unless it is intermodal). Sword is also coming out with 1:50 scale model of the latest Ford Super Duty F-250 in different configurations, later this year. I am eagerly waiting for those models.
1:50 is the predominant scale for construction, mining & crane models. Being so close in size to the 1:48 scale trains might not motivate Atlas to reintroduce them in O-Scale at lower prices with less details.
The pursuit of progressively better detailed train models with each release, influenced me to start buying these 1:50 scale vehicles. I used to buy K-Line & MTH road vehicles until last year but they looked horrible next to my trains. I would admire the amazing details on my Overland O-Scale diesels & these uninspiring vehicles with lack of details right next to the tracks would look disgusting. In fact since I started thinning my collection of trains I have been able to get a few highly detailed models of these 1:50 scale vehicles & cranes instead of just having a lot of trains sitting in boxes in my cupboard. I don’t have a layout. I only have an 8’ X 2 ½' diorama. So I assume that these missing details on lower priced vehicles seem more evident to me than to hobbyists who have larger layouts.
These are just my opinion.
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
Phil,
I was backing up the files on my computer this morning & came across some pictures of these high-end 1:50 scale trucks with some O-Scale models.
If you choose a larger on-highway truck models like the Australian Kenworth, they don’t look out-of-proportion. The photos show them with Atlas-O 48’ trailers & Bowser 53’ trailers. The K-Line tank containers do look slightly bigger at close range.
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I don't know how modern of a truck you are looking for, but Die-Cast Direct has '53 Mack T/T and '48 Peterbuilt T/T by New Ray in 1/43 for only 14.95. They also have some 1/43 Tractors only that I put with Weaver 35' trailers, Consolidated Freight and Cooper-Jarrett. They all look good in my industrial section.
Very nice looking T/T's.
Paul,
Thanks for the leads about the older models. Would you know how recently these models from the 50’s ran? I mainly collect models seen from around the mid 90’s just because I have seen many of them running, when I moved to USA in 2001.
I love Die-Cast Direct. I visited their store & warehouse 2 years ago. They have an amazing selection of models & competitive pricing. The gentleman who assisted me was into O-Gauge trains & offered to be my reference to meet some requirement to join TCA so I could go to a York show which he was strongly encouraging me to attend. They seemed to have a lot of 1:34 scale on-highway trucks in their showroom. I had to go into the attached warehouse to search for the 1:50 scale models that I bought. I would have visited them more often if they were open on weekends.
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
Naveen, The Mack was built up to about 1966. The Peterbuilt into 2013. One thing about Peterbuilts is that the look is almost timeless. About the only thing I would worry about is if you are modeling in the late 90's through 2014, you would want all the tractors to have sleeper cabs along with the big roof air scoop.
We used to have a company here in Phoenix called Action models and once a year they would have a parking lot sale of the models they had left overs of and for deep discounts. Sadly they went out of business before the recession of 07 and with them the opportunity to find models of trucks and cars. They mostly did large scale stuff but one could find others too.
Now I look over CVS pharmacy and Car washes for vehicles as one gets lucky here and there finding a piece for a good price that can be used on the layout.
Phil
Got a modern FedEx van in 1:50 scale & wanted to post some photos on this thread before it is locked for lack of activity. The van was imported jointly by Tonkin Replicas & WSI models.
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
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You modern era guys are so spoiled.
Nice stuff
Nice stuff
Here is my latest 1:50 scale diecast vehicle, a Corgi model of the Motor Coach Industries (MCI) 102DL3 bus in the modern / current Greyhound paint scheme. I stopped by Diecast Direct in Frankfort, KY last week during a cross-country road trip & bought it.
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
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Sure!
and you just happen to show us these great vehicles in front of that BNSF 70MAC!
Show off!! 
Thank you for sharing this. I did get one modern Corgi bus. I should get that FedX van and some trucks!
The grandkids would love the minions too. Even I'm starting to like them.
What's those other vehicles next to the edge in second photo up from bottom?
Looks like a nice train truck load on that truck!
Check these trucks out! Ford F150 Trucks coming!
Joe,
Thanks for the compliments. The vehicles you mentioned were a 3-van set of Volkswagen vans in the colors of the heavy-haulage & lifting company, Mammoet who also have some operations in North America. Here is the link to some more photos of these vans. The large van is identical to the Freightliner / Mercedes Benz Sprinter FedEx & ambulance, as they are both made in the same factory but badged differently. If it weren’t for the Chicken Tax, we would be seeing more of these vans stateside.
My 2 ½ year old daughter got me interested in the Minions characters. Last weekend we bought her a Minions nightgown from Kohls. I found the 8-character set from the upcoming movie (July 10 release) for $10 at the local Walmart. The characters are around 1.5” high.
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
Originally Posted by Engineer-Joe:
Sure!
and you just happen to show us these great vehicles in front of that BNSF 70MAC!
Show off!!
Thank you for sharing this. I did get one modern Corgi bus. I should get that FedX van and some trucks!
The grandkids would love the minions too. Even I'm starting to like them.
What's those other vehicles next to the edge in second photo up from bottom?
Looks like a nice train truck load on that truck!
Swafford,
Thanks for the link. I have been waiting for those Ford Super-Duty 1:50 scale models to be delivered for almost a year now. The delivery date keeps getting postponed like some of our O-Scale models. I want to use them as Escorts for my heavy-haulage trucks similar to the ones I have seen on road trips, here in the US.
I might also get one in white to look similar to the BNSF or Union Pacific Hi-Rail pickups I see around my city.
Union Pacific Hi-Rail pickup truck
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
Originally Posted by Swafford:
Check these trucks out! Ford F150 Trucks coming!
Swafford, thanks for pulling them up again but I see that $150 price tag for a tank truck and choke. To me they are just toys. LOL and what some call my models. But may have to bite the bullet to complete a layout scene with Atlas corn sweetener cars and they aren't even 1/48. Still got to sleep on it.
Oh!, and nice bus.
This was again that time of the year when I drove from Central IL to Charleston, SC & back. As in the past years I adjusted my itinerary to stop by the Diecast Direct showroom in Frankfort, KY & similar to the prior years, I spent considerable time browsing the showroom but still ended up getting only the items I had been planning on getting there for months before I visited the showroom.
Here is a set of construction worker figures made by First Gear in 1:50 scale. The description on the package stated that they were made of metal & the detail looks sharper than figures from Bachmann or Preiser that I own but I still had to think long before choosing to spend $40 for the set. The set contains a site supervisor giving instructions while holding clipboard / tablet, a worker digging with shovel & another worker watching while holding a sledge hammer. I like that these figures are wearing outfits seen in construction sites today as opposed to some of the figures from MTH, Lionel & Arttista that I had seen at hobby shops that were dressed in vintage / steam-era outfits.
Here is a 3-D printed set of 4 orange plastic safety barriers (water filled style). You can see the layers when you hold it close to your eye but from a couple of feet away those blemishes are not noticeable. But they don’t interlock but I am not too familiar with the prototype barriers to know if they are supposed to interlock. All these 3-D printed models were prepackaged, ready to pose on my diorama. I did not have to paint, clean or sand them.
Here are a couple of images of a 3-D printed trash can similar to the ones that I see often around town, managed by Waste Management. The lid can be partially opened. It could open further but I did not want to risk snapping the hinges off.
Here are a couple of images of a 3-D printed Port-a-Potty. The door could be opened partially.
Here is a 3-D printed 6-piece set of the yellow crash absorption barrels that I see around bridge piers on freeways here in Central IL. I just wish they had also had a larger version for the barrels directly in front of the bridge piers.
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
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I have to say that those guys look real!
The 3d printed pieces help finish the scene. I knocked them in my mind, when I first saw them released.
My only issue with these trucks in die cast are they are too modern. my era runs til 1998 so I need trucks from the 1960's to the early 1990's. not too much out there for that time period.
Here is another 1:50 scale construction figures set. This metal set from First Gear contains a construction worker in a vest with Komatsu logos with TopCon GPS Base & Rover. Working for Caterpillar, I had seen photos of similar equipment, taken at construction sites although most of the newer construction equipment seem to have the GPS guided features offered from the factory as an option.
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
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Engineer-Joe posted:I'm not sure how I missed this? I look at the pages all the time.
http://www.atlaso.com/otrucks.htm
are these out yet? Is it a product that's already out there? (first gear for example)
Joe,
All these trucks are now available again. I visited a train show in Galesburg, IL today & Caboose Stop Hobbies had them in stock in all the paint schemes listed on the Atlas-O page. They are still in the Sword Models packaging as the trucks I had bought years ago from DHS Diecast. Caboose Stop Hobbies were selling the tractor & trailer combination today for $130 (MSRP: $159.95).
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
Bought a few more 1:50 scale construction figures & vehicles.
These figures are part of a 3-person construction crew in contemporary work attire. It has 1 worker with shovel over his shoulder, another worker leaning on a shovel & a third worker holding a STOP sign. The STOP sign has a pin at the lower end & the pole the worker is holding is hollow allowing the sign to be flipped around to read YIELD.
Next are some 1:50 scale vehicles from Hot Wheels who are more popular for their 1:64 offerings. Apparently they have this 1:50 scale lineup of vehicles from popular Hollywood movies like Batman, Scooby-Do, Flintstones, etc.
I got a really good deal on this GMC van from the 80’s TV-Show, A-Team. Hot Wheels is advertising them as a 1:50 scale diecast model of a 1983 GMC Vandura van.
I also got this 1:50 scale Flinstones vehicle.
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naveenrajan posted:Engineer-Joe posted:I'm not sure how I missed this? I look at the pages all the time.
http://www.atlaso.com/otrucks.htm
are these out yet? Is it a product that's already out there? (first gear for example)
Joe,
All these trucks are now available again. I visited a train show in Galesburg, IL today & Caboose Stop Hobbies had them in stock in all the paint schemes listed on the Atlas-O page. They are still in the Sword Models packaging as the trucks I had bought years ago from DHS Diecast. Caboose Stop Hobbies were selling the tractor & trailer combination today for $130 (MSRP: $159.95).
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
They contacted me right away after an email to them. They said they had my truck so I believe I'll be getting it. Thanks Naveen!
(No Flint mobile though? I did find some minions. )
Well I finally got my first one. Thanks Naveen. Thanks to Meryl at Caboose Stop Hobbies too.
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WSI, the Dutch die-cast importer will be most likely making the Sword American trucks, we discussed in this thread, in the near future. Cranesetc.co.uk is a site that reviews 1:50 scale die-cast models & here is a video they took at the factory WSI uses, in China. It was interesting to see how these models are made.
What amazed me was the combination of automated & manual processes needed to make these finely detailed models.
http://www.cranesetc.co.uk/edi.../editorialdec16b.htm
These are just my opinion.
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
watching the steps to make that crane is amazing to me.
Eng - Joe
I still like the original cast WWII and WWI figures, I do have some of your new stuff also riding on the rolling stock.
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Joe,
I like those cranes too. I was planning on getting 2 (LTM 1350 & LTM 1500) for a setup on my diorama similar to the one in the following photo, using cranes similar to these 2 to lift a BHP Billiton SD70ACe from a road trailer at the yard in Port Headland, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, but with Atlas-O 2nd run of the Maxi-Stacks due next year, I opted instead to reserve some cars in the new TTX logo & the 53’ containers before the upcoming preorder deadline.
I have watched that video 3 times since I first came across it yesterday & I am impressed with the 3-D CAD programs the engineers at the Chinese factory used. They were as advanced as the ones used anywhere I had worked at. I was also impressed with the concern for worker safety at the factory. They were wearing facemasks & cut resistant gloves operating the manufacturing equipment. I used to wonder, when other forum members who put-down Chinese manufacturers, state that lax safety regulations was one of the reasons for cheaper labor in China but this video helped me realize that that is not necessarily true.
These are just my opinion.
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
For those who watched the earlier video, which apparently was Part 2 in a series of 3 videos, here are Part 1, that covers a tour of model makers in China & Part 3 which covers 2 recently released & available massive Manitowoc crawler cranes.
Part 1 also shows the 1:50 scale Ford F-250 Super Duty trucks that Swafford mentioned earlier in this thread, that I have been waiting for since 2014. I also noticed that Atlas announced these same models in their December “New Product Announcements” update on their website but the MSRP that Atlas listed is $25 more (for a single pickup) & $50 more (for the 2-pack Escort set) than the MSRP announced by Sword Models / DHS Diecast, near Cleveland, Ohio, the die-cast seller & importer of these Ford pickup trucks. I guess it will give some O-Scale dealers an opportunity to offer these models for a few $ less than the Atlas’ MSRP & try to convince us shoppers that they are offering us a good deal.
These are just my opinion.
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
Hello Fellow "rail heads." I am a new poster here. But a long time reader. I think we need a 1/43, 1/48. 1/50 Vehicle forum here. One of my "side" hobbies is detailing and weathering 1/43 scale vehicles for my circa 1950 waterfront switching layout.
I believe there is enough interest to make such a forum "fill and flow". I would personally like to see a pool of knowledge pertaining to the subject---to share techniques, resources, and "bright" ideas. Does anybody else think a "1/43, 1/48, 1/50 Scale Model Vehicle Forum" would be a worthy addition? -Salty Rails-
Salty I agree. What is your email?
Salty Rails posted:Hello Fellow "rail heads." I am a new poster here. But a long time reader. I think we need a 1/43, 1/48. 1/50 Vehicle forum here. One of my "side" hobbies is detailing and weathering 1/43 scale vehicles for my circa 1950 waterfront switching layout.
I believe there is enough interest to make such a forum "fill and flow". I would personally like to see a pool of knowledge pertaining to the subject---to share techniques, resources, and "bright" ideas. Does anybody else think a "1/43, 1/48, 1/50 Scale Model Vehicle Forum" would be a worthy addition? -Salty Rails-
I agree as well, Salty.
I hope you're going to post some pickies of your layout.
The thread for mine is in the link below my name.
Cheers
Hey Max!
Don't assume I have a "bonaroo" layout like YOU do. I have been following the "Elderly Saga" and looking for ideas to pilfer. My modules are not presently connected----but I'll see what I can come up with.
My system is a 4 door system. It is built on a total of 4 hollow core doors. The mess is basically "U" shaped, with one leg a wharf, one a car float and the connecting area yards and a couple of industries. All of this is influenced by countless articles in yellowed and tattered old RMC and MR magazines.
Era 1950. Locale- East coast somewhere. Focus is on detail and operation. Will be. I keep tearing them back and starting over----10 years now. But I am making one more move in the near future and then I will slap the mess together.
Using code .100 track with AHM/Rivarossi turnouts.
Well, I'll be hanging around here with the 2 rail crowd! Catch ya later!
-Salty Rails-
"Salty".....we are not likely to have a separate forum (category )for such a discussion...however you are welcome to start a thread within the scenery section and keep it going like several other folks have done within other categories. It needs to be train related so pictures of the various vehicles could be shown on train layouts. I believe we used to have a thread that was a weekly feature so you may want to do a search and see if it is still going....welcome to the forum!!
Alan
